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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To keep in with (0.01466 detik)
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English → English (gcide) Definition: To keep in with In \In\, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. [=i], Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. [root]197. Cf. 1st In-, Inn.] The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among. It is used: [1913 Webster] 1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air. [1913 Webster] The babe lying in a manger. --Luke ii. 16. [1913 Webster] Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] Matter for censure in every page. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. “Fettered in amorous chains.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils. --Shelley. [1913 Webster] 3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army. [1913 Webster] Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live in fear. [1913 Webster] When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. “In sight of God's high throne.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God. [1913 Webster] He would not plunge his brother in despair. --Addison. [1913 Webster] She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] 7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life. [1913 Webster] In as much as, or Inasmuch as, in the degree that; in like manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and cf. For as much as , under For, prep. In that, because; for the reason that. “Some things they do in that they are men . . .; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error.” --Hooker. In the name of, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. To be in for it. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] To be in with or To keep in with. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the favor of. [Colloq.] Syn: Into; within; on; at. See At. [1913 Webster] Keep \Keep\, v. i. 1. To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach. [1913 Webster] 2. To last; to endure; to remain unimpaired. [1913 Webster] If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 3. To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell. [Now disused except locally or colloquially.] [1913 Webster] Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To take care; to be solicitous; to watch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 5. To be in session; as, school keeps to-day. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] To keep from, to abstain or refrain from. To keep in with, to keep on good terms with; as, to keep in with an opponent. To keep on, to go forward; to proceed; to continue to advance. To keep to, to adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from; as, to keep to old customs; to keep to a rule; to keep to one's word or promise. To keep up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed. [1913 Webster]

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